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PROMETIA -
Mineral Processing and Extractive
Metallurgy for Mining and Recycling
Innovation Association
Christophe POINSSOT
Stéphane BOURG
PROMETIA president
Head of department
PROMETIA EXCOM chairman
Projects leader
Processing and refining of raw materials: Targets
Economic growth in
Europe
Own mineral
resources
Primary resource: ore mining
Secondary resource: urban mines
Recycling manufacturing waste and
end-of-life products
Low
grade
ores
Secondary resource: industrial waste
Solving environmental issues and valorizing byproducts
Mine tailings
Slags
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RadioChemistry & Processes Department
Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment
(WEEE)
From E.Pirard, KU Leuven
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A Network, what for?
1. Develop innovative technological solutions to
optimize raw materials & waste treatment
R&D
It is of paramount importance to extend the knowledge
base in processing and extractive metallurgy to optimize
the transformation of ore or waste stream into valuable
materials
2. Enhance EU skills in mineral processing and
extractive metallurgy of ores and industrial residues
Industry
Industrial companies cannot afford employing all the
specialists required to support their activities. But they
need these specialists to exist in Europe and they need
to know where to find them. PROMETIA will provide
access to these specialists.
3. In the longer term, boost the innovation capacity of
the EU raw materials related sectors.
T&E
By training a new generation of skilled
engineers and metallurgists, the
network will contribute to expand the
future European innovation potential
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RadioChemistry & Processes Department
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How to promote synergy and improve relevance?
- Technology transfer
Industrial
partners
Academic
institutes
- Funding Issues of interest
Main objectives of the network
Gathering the competences in mineral processing and
extractive metallurgy in Europe to provide the industrials with a
single entry point for answering R&D needs
Creating links between academic research and industry:
go-between
Easing the access to pilot platforms for R&D
Coordinating the R&D needs (“translation” between industry
and research)
Lobbying
Helping members to answer H2020 calls and get funding
from various sources (lobbying) (“labelling”)
Organise or support specific training & education action
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To summarize, the PROMETIA "value-flow"
Industrial needs
Survey on potential financing
sources, support to project
writing
Innovation
transfer
Platforms
Funding
sources
Gather the industries’ needs,
structuration of the needs,
coordination, Identification of
key R&D partners
R&D topics to the
Network coming from
pilot platforms tests
(METNET network)
First qualification
on pilot platforms
before transfer to
industry
R&D partners
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RadioChemistry & Processes Department
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The governing bodies
Technical Secretariat
Currently ensured by LGI
Lobbying, support to projects preparation,
communication, finance, meetings …
Executive Committee (EXCOM)
Chaired by Stéphane Bourg (CEA)
10 members
(2 SMEs, 2 industries, 2 platforms, 2 R&D, 2
academics)
Scientific Advisory Board
To be designed by the EXCOM
Assess the relevance of R&D needs. In the future,
organise internal calls for R&D projects
International Non
Profit Association
(AISBL)
General assembly of members
President: Christophe Poinssot (CEA),
Vice-President: Andzrej Chmielarz (IMN)
1 full member – 1 vote
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RadioChemistry & Processes Department
Pilot Platform Board
To be designed by the EXCOM
Link with METNET
Industry Board
To be designed by the EXCOM
Industry advice
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Some activities In 2015
Enlarge the association, in particular towards key industrial partners
Define the most relevant scientific issues to address in the near-future
• Organize technical exchanges with industries to assess their generic needs that
can be shared and jointly addressed
• Establishing the different consulting Boards
• Organizing scientific workshops to define most relevant scientific issues
- “from industry to research”
- “from research to industry"
Answering the call Waste-4d - towards near-zero waste at European
and global level (21/04/2015 updated)
•Raw materials partnerships: Creation of a common multi-stakeholder platform
focused on a limited number of key raw materials across their whole value
chain. This should involve partners from across the value chain, including mining,
processing, recycling, application, public sectors (national/regional/local) and civil
society, while respecting the conditions of each value chain. The action shall support
implementation of the EIP on Raw Materials.
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Conclusion
PROMETIA: a first step towards an effective and efficient EU network
on mineral processing and extractive metallurgy
Aims to strengthen European technical skills and industrial know-how in
raw materials processing for supporting the industrial and economic
development
Lobbying
Promoting an easier access of industrial partners to the most relevant and
competent European R&D teams
Promoting the most innovative cutting-edge scientific results from the European
research teams towards the industrial partners
Facilitating the visibility and the access of all the partners to the different
funding possibilities
Tight partnership with METNET to ensure an easy and privileged
access to the platforms for qualifying and ensuring the relevance of the
processes developed
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RadioChemistry & Processes Department
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The PROMETIA members, as of today
Associated Members
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RadioChemistry & Processes Department
Scaron Consulting
WE Falck
Jack Lifton
WMRC
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www.prometia.eu
Interfaces
EIP Raw Materials
KIC
Nuclear Energy Division – CEA Marcoule
RadioChemistry & Processes Department
ETP-SMR
ERA-MIN
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